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With 2023 over, it is time to look back at the most popular stories published on Neowin during the year. Edge annoyances, small Windows 11 installs, odd upgrade prompts, deprecated features, and more.

IDC has released a report that shows a further decline in PC shipments, which is in line with the expectations at the beginning of the year. However, the company hopes to see an improvement next year.

IDC has said that worldwide PC shipments will decline by 4.2% this year. It said shipments in 2022 started off well but deteriorated by the end of the year. It expects a recovery in 2024 and 2025.

Gartner has downgraded its semiconductor revenue growth estimate for next year. The analyst has earlier predicted higher growth, but now revenue will fall by 3.6% in the coming year.

IDC has forecasted that we'll see PC and tablet sales fall until 2024. In part, this will be due to the economic turbulence. Another factor is that people have bought these items during the pandemic.

Gartner has revealed that semiconductor revenues won't be as good in 2022 as anticipated during the last quarter. Early figures for 2023 also reveal the sector will see contraction.

Nokia has announced that it will halve the power usage of its base stations by 2023. It will do this by refining the software to be more efficient and by adopting the latest power-efficient SoCs.